Strawberry Quark Cheese Mousse is a creamy dessert made with sweetened, probiotic, cultured cheese and fruits. A delicious, healthy, high protein treat you will love to serve to your family.
Blender. - You can use a stick blender or just use a potato masher
2 bowls - One for whipping cream and one for mixing your dessert.
Silicon spatula
3 Serving glasses or bowls
Hand mixer
Piping bag - Optional for decorating
Ingredients
1cupQuark cheese - Use fresh, unsalted quark cheese, queso fresco, blended low-salt cottage cheese or Greek yogurt
3cupsStrawberries, chopped, divided - Fresh strawberries are tastiest, but frozen strawberries work well too. Half of them will be mixed into the quark, the rest are for layering and decoration.
½cupWhipping cream- I use organic store bought
2tbspRaw honey - You can also use cane sugar or maple syrup.
1tspVanilla extract- Optional
Instructions
Keep out a few pretty strawberries to decorate your dessert later.
Chop the strawberries and puree half of them. You should get about 1 cup of the puree.
Add the Quark and mix everything well.
Add the honey and vanilla if you use it
Give it a taste, if your strawberries were not super sweet, you might want to add a little more.
Whip the heavy cream until it is very firm but don't overprocess or you get butter.
Use about ⅔ of the whipped cream, fold it into the strawberry cream and gently mix to incorporate to make a fluffy mousse.
Fill the mousse into serving glasses or bowls, layered with chopped strawberries if you like, pipe a little whipped cream on top and decorate with a strawberry or a few strawberry slices and a mint sprig.
I like to chill this strawberry quark mousse for a few hours before serving. Just cover with some wrap and refrigerate. It will be good for a couple of days in the fridge. A few days longer if you don't add the fresh strawberry layer.
Notes
Sourcing Quark Or How To Substitute
If you don't have access to Quark, you can make your own very easily if you follow my quark making tutorial. You can also substitute with the even easier to make queso fresco (a non-cultured 30 minute quick cheese without the probiotics). If you don't want to make your own, try this with either low salt, blended cottage cheese or plain Greek yogurt. They will all taste great, but none of them are quite like quark.
Variations
Dress it up by layering with granola, broken lady fingers, pieces of leftover cake, or cookie crumbs.This makes a healthy dessert that is high in protein. It is also great for Breakfast when layered with granola, and it's filling and healthy enough for a light lunch. Try it with any berries of your choice! Blackberries, blueberries and raspberries work well and a mix is even better. Make batches in different colors for a fourth of July presentation. Keep some of the quark white or use whipping cream for the white. Remember to adjust the honey accordingly to the sweetness of the berries. You can also leave the quark white, just mix with honey and maybe a little lemon juice, fold in the whipping cream and then fold whole berries into it, or serve it over whole berries. There are so many ways to use quark for simple desserts. Another tip for a fancy dessert: Bake a sugar cookie pie crust, or use a vanilla wafer crust, spread with plain quark creme (quark, honey, a squirt of lemon juice, and whipped cream) and top with berries for a summer berry pie. Delicious!
Enjoy Your Strawberry Quark Cheese Mousse!
As you can see, this quark is so versatile and makes delicious desserts and snacks for any occasion. Easy enough to whip up for a few hungry mouths in the afternoon, fancy enough for a valentine's dessert, and adaptable enough for themed party desserts. Have fun experimenting with quark and you'll have a healthy, protein rich, and delicious dish to serve to your family and guests! Enjoy!
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